Republican Congressional candidate for the 17th district, Matt Connolly, left, is helped by Frankie Augello to carry the Liberty Bell Replica for the Pennsylvania Federation of Republican Women's "Women Preserving Liberty Tour" press conference on Monday at the Zion Reformed Church in Allentown. The tour began in Philadelphia where the replica of the liberty bell was removed in a symbolic gesture as the Democratic National Committee holds their Convention to nominate their candidate for president.

Republican Congressional candidate for the 17th district, Matt Connolly, left, is helped by Frankie Augello to carry the Liberty Bell Replica for the Pennsylvania Federation of Republican Women's "Women Preserving Liberty Tour" press conference on Monday at the Zion Reformed Church in Allentown. The tour began in Philadelphia where the replica of the liberty bell was removed in a symbolic gesture as the Democratic National Committee holds their Convention to nominate their candidate for president. (SHARON K. MERKEL / SPECIAL TO THE MORNING CALL)

The Pennsylvania Federation of Republican Women held a press conference on their "Women Preserving Liberty Tour" on Monday at the Zion Reform Church in Allentown. The tour began in Philadelphia where the replica of the liberty bell was removed in a symbolic gesture as the Democratic National Committee holds their Convention to nominate their candidate for president.

The Pennsylvania Federation of Republican Women held a press conference on their "Women Preserving Liberty Tour" on Monday at the Zion Reform Church in Allentown. The tour began in Philadelphia where the replica of the liberty bell was removed in a symbolic gesture as the Democratic National Committee holds their Convention to nominate their candidate for president. (SHARON K. MERKEL / SPECIAL TO THE MORNING CALL)